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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I so can't live with the pecking order |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2007, 1:11 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Well, we are 1,000 employees, but slowly I'm getting to remember more and more faces. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I so can't live with the pecking order |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2007, 12:48 pm
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Replies: 8
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| New at my job, and my colleagues give me hell if I don't act like the most submissive puppy in the world. I pretend extreme submissiveness, but anyway it's never enough to them. The punishments when I stray a tiny bit from the utter submissiveness are not calling me when they go out for lunch, talki... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: List stuff said to you that meant a lot to you! |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2007, 3:28 pm
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Replies: 19
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| "I can't remember anymore. They cease to matter once the person who said them is out of my life." This is exactly what I was thinking as I was going over the thread. But I couldn't have said it so well. I've been told many nice things by people who later on left me for being different, weird, a sham... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies and ageing |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2007, 1:51 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,635
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| thanks, I love to hear about things I can do not to depend on others! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies and ageing |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2007, 12:25 pm
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Replies: 36
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| To me, the bad part is not the loneliness but the having nobody to help me with anything ever. Eg: Work sends me abroad for 1 month. This means all my beloved plants will die, because I have nobody to ask to water them even once. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NT acceptance - how much do you strive for it? |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2007, 3:32 pm
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Replies: 13
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| In what kind of situations do you try to pass for NT, in what kind of situations (or with what people) don't you care? Do you live in an NT world and proud of your ability to fake it? Have you given up? Did you never try? Do you hold out for friends who will accept you as you are and are lonely in t... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: advice - what can i do to accept being alone? |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2007, 8:30 am
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Replies: 33
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| I once saw a movie where the main character had a human-size rag doll as her only friend. I'd love to have one, if only I could sew. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: advice - what can i do to accept being alone? |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2007, 7:41 am
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Replies: 33
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I'd love to have a million pets. But I can't because:
a) I'm not able to establish myself as the alpha of the pack, which creates an impossible living together situation.
b) I have no friends or relatives I'm in touch with, so when I travel nobody would look after them. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Parrots, good company? |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2007, 6:48 am
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Replies: 26
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| LOL Nambo, that was hilarious! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Parrots, good company? |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2007, 4:20 am
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Replies: 26
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Awww, I just adore this thread...
And when you buy it, I really want to hear the anecdotes. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: advice - what can i do to accept being alone? |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2007, 3:55 am
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Replies: 33
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| I think that's a wonderful idea. It's been kinda happening on its own lately, because I've had really good experiences on my own as opposed to the painful relationships with people I've always had. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: advice - what can i do to accept being alone? |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2007, 8:04 pm
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Replies: 33
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| I find it hilarious when I tell people that I've tried everything I could think of and didn't succeed in making friends, and they advise me to call a friend so I'll feel better. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies and ageing |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2007, 6:33 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,635
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krex wrote: Do you find living in the middle east more challenging,since the love of tradition is more ingrained.
Yes, absolutely. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies and ageing |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2007, 6:12 pm
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Replies: 36
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| Krex, thank you so much for sharing. I'd give anything to meet someone like-minded, but I haven't in many years. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies and ageing |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2007, 5:46 pm
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Replies: 36
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| Maybe I'm a worst-case Aspie, but in my forties I have practically nobody. Relatives cut contact years ago on the grounds that I was different, weird, disrespectful of the pecking order. Friends came and went until the last round all went. I've gotten used to being always totally alone, and have com... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A chuckle for us Aspies today... |
| Greentea |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2007, 1:06 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,585
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| So excruciatingly true about me. |
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